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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1961
Page
2
The Red Sox defeated the Senators 16 to 11 in a two inning Pee Wee baseball game at Forest Park as walks dominated and defenses struggled. In another game the Cubs edged the Angels 9 to 8 in three innings.
Ottawa Police cited six persons for speeding on Logan Street using radar. Named individuals include Sylvester L. Hess, William C. Finch, Robert D. Murphy, Carl W. Coffman, Alvin L. Klinger, and Earl F. Howe with 40 to 42 mph in 30 mph zones. Murphy posted a $10 bond and Howe $12 bond. All are to appear in Police Court Tuesday.
A city warehous e project worker Glen Head was knocked unconscious by a 2 by 4 while pulling it from a post. He suffered a skinned lip. The Wellsville Chamber of Commerce met at Bailey's Cafe and planned two family use fireplaces for City Park cookouts. Front awnings were installed at Naylor and Reavis Shoe Repair, with a building paint prep underway. Little League A Team beat Gardner 12 11 at Gardner Thursday. The Pogues and Gilborns vacationed in the Ozarks for three and four days respectively. Garden Club members toured Lawrence focusing on hemerocallis and flowers. New Hope Baptist Church Woman's Missionary Society held meetings at Mrs. Dale McWilson's home. O.A. house party reports were given, devotions led, and bazaar materials prepared for fall. A son was stillborn to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gorton of Lincoln July 10 at Asbury Hospital. Graveside services were held at Lincoln Cemetery July 11 with relatives attending from Wells ville.
A 16 year old Kansas youth, Lloyd Lynn Jr., runs a 55 acre dairy with 25 Holstein cows, milking, feeding, and farm records, while learning leadership in 4-H and Future Farmers of America. He aims for Kansas State University and returning to dairy farming with a bigger operation. He has earned state honors in tractor maintenance and will attend National 4-H Congress in Chicago.
Franklin D. Franks was paroled from a jail sentence to the Kansas Industrial Reformatory in Hutchinson after pleading guilty to grand larceny. He was arrested May 27 for stealing a car owned by Donald Beeson and was released on bond of 500 dollars with costs due in 60 days.
New York AP. Dr Jonas E Salk criticizes the American Medical Association for ignoring scientific facts in urging a switch to a live polio vaccine. He notes the AMA favors live vaccines by old medical dogma while Sabin's live-virus vaccine awaits approval. Salk defends his killed vaccine and its three injections and questions universal revaccination.
Admissions include Mrs. Dora M. Jones at 1522 Hickory Wednesday and Mrs. Raymond Spillman at 203 S Oak Friday. Also noted are Howard Whitlatch from Michigan Valley Terry Cox at 121 W 10th Mrs. Charles R. Baker from Michigan Valley and Mrs. George McClure at 515 Birch today.
Funeral services for Mrs Vida O Hughs who died yesterday in Wellsville will be held at Coughlin Funeral Home tomorrow at 1 p.m. Also, funeral services for Paola born Mrs E E Thomas, a former Ottawa resident, will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Wilson Funeral Home in Paola. She was sister-in-law of Mrs H A Schnelle and Mrs G T Kelsey of Ottawa.
In Great Bend two men are held on vagrancy charges as FBI questions them in an international bogus check ring case. A third man was arrested at Larned and a fourth sought at Ellinwood as they rode a freight train into the area Friday.
CWO Kenneth Boone and his serviceman family have lived in multiple locations from Hawaii to Germany and Labrador since 1940. The narrative covers their moves, marriage in 1945, six children born in diverse places, and observations of Europe’s climates, languages, and road signs during postwar duty with the Air Corps and Air Force.
Pratt AP The Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission approved the mourning dove season from Sept 1 to Oct 3 with a daily bag of 15 and possession of 30. Sept 1 through Oct 20 for rails and gallinules, woodcock Oct 1 to Nov 9 with four birds, Wilsons snipe Sept 15 to Oct 14 with eight. Hunting hours are sunrise to sunset. The commission noted a 13 percent rise in mourning dove breeding populations and reported May floods with minor damage to Neosho Refuge. repairs will start and finish by fall.
In Kansas City a 1961 sports car speeding about 100 mph left U S 50 at Noland Road, crashed into a ditch and rolled over 200 feet, killing a man and a woman identified as Robert A. Franklin of DeSoto Kansas and Dorothy M. Fares of Kansas City. A third man, Andrew Back of Kentucky, was injured. Franklin was pinned beneath the wreckage. The woman’s body was found about 50 feet from the car.
In Birkdale England emergency crews waited as the final two rounds began after Friday’s washout. The championship risks being declared void if rounds cannot conclude today. Arnold Palmer trails leaders by one as Dai Rees and Harold Henning lead a field of 142.
Kansas rivers and streams show variable but generally fair to good fishing according to the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission. Lakes and reservoirs also mostly fair to good with some improvement over the prior week, listing mainly bass crappie channels bullheads carp bluegill and drum across numerous counties and lakes.
The city governing body of Ottawa Kansas adopts a resolution to grade gutter curb and pave West Tenth Street from Locust to Willow including street and alley intersections. Plan calls for 6 inch thick steel reinforced Portland cement concrete 25 feet wide with integral 6 inch curbs and drainage facilities. Special assessments to pay for the project. Adopted July 5 1961 by Mayor K E Andrews and City Clerk Donald R Capper.
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